Seton Hall 75, UConn 63: George Blaney's Take

"I wasn't happy with my performance, either"

January 03, 2012|By DOM AMORE

NEWARK, N.J. — Here are some highlights of George Blaney's post-game remarks:

"First, I'd like to congratulate Kevin Willard and the Seton Hall team and my guy [assistant coach] Shaheen Holloway. I thought they did a remarkable job today. They played with a lot of heart. They played with a lot of fight and I thought they took the game to us. For the first four or five minutes we scored 11 points and then another 11 the rest of the way in the first half. I can't remember since I've been here where we have shot 35 percent. I'm sure it has happened, but I don't remember it.

"We particularly worked hard offensively and shot 60 percent against a good St. John's team and then come down here and shoot 35 percent. Obviously, we were disappointed with that and to get out-rebounded is the second thing we don't usually do. So all the credit goes to Seton Hall. I think they really outplayed us and I am not happy about that. The 13 turnovers in the first half is what changed the game. We had the lead and then turned it over four or five times in a row and it gave them tremendous confidence, got the crowd involved and made it a really difficult game.

"Offensively, we went from passing the ball so great in the St. John's game and today in the first three or four minutes to becoming very stagnant for a good portion of the game.

"They extended the zone on us and forced us out high and when we threw the ball to the foul line our bigs were not ducking in where they should be and couldn't get the ball to the rim. We wound up taking a lot of long shots at the end of the clock and were very stagnant. I just couldn't get them out of it, so I'm not happy with my performance, either."